Not cutting it
Rory McIlroy tees off on the 18th hole during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship on the West Course at Wentworth. McIlroy shot a 7-over 79 in the second round and missed the cut by eight shots.
VIRGINIA WATER, England -- How comfortable does Rory McIlroy feel being World No. 1 now?
Not very is the easy answer.
Two days ago Rory McIlroy told the world he was comfortable at the top of golf’s pecking order, otherwise known as the Official World Golf Ranking. He looked anything but as he limped away from Wentworth after missing the cut in the €4.5 million BMW PGA Championship with a second-round 79.
It is McIlroy’s worst score since his final round 80 in last year’s Masters, and his worst score in a regular European Tour event since an 83 in the first round of the 2007 South African Airways Open.
“I was really wanting to make a four on the last score to break 80," McIlroy said.
That was obvious on the last green when he U.S. Open champion two-putted from 30 feet and then gave a mini-fist pump to his caddie JP Fitzgerald.
“It’s ...
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